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This. After I had lost 30 lbs, someone asked me if i was pregnant. You think the automated message is bad!!!!! ...I went on to lose 20 more lbs and gain 20 back with lifting, and lose another 5. I am wearing a size 4 pencil skirt. If you want this, you gotta learn the first step is loving yourself enough to not let stupid…

at my "worst" which I mean you mean fattest, I wasn't in denial. I knew I was obese. I don't know if I had an excuse, but at the time I flat out refused to restrict my eating. I worked out, ran regularly, but I had a rule that if I wanted to eat something I did. My reason was that I used to have an eating disorder and I…

I think all the points being made here are great. I think OP is right on to say she wants to find her perfect weight and that might not be "thin." And I think folks who want to be thin are right on to say they want to be thin. I don't think OP meant to body shame thin people.... That all being said :).... OP, it doesn't…

It's because the closer you get to your goal, the more unreasonable it is to expect to lose 2 lbs per week. Your goal should no longer be 2 lbs per week... but more like 1 or even 0.8 lbs per week.

I think it is an issue.. definitely a problem particularly for young men growing up in this society. I never thought the solution to all the body issues caused by societal pressure on women was to give men the same problem. ....the media is what it is... it is meant to make us unhappy so we go out and buy things..... And i…

still doing 5/3/1....

I don't remember it feeling so debilitating before. I know I have been Sore but you know when the legs are sore from leg day, I'd do arms. I wonder if it's just aging or just lack of practice. It's also possible I need to not push so hard when I work out- I'm still lifting and running the same weights and distances I did…

if you eat healthier, healthier foods will be more delicious,. You can change your taste buds. That being said, one way to eat cheese is feta on a salad. I LOVE feta salad. also, protein is a good thing.

My boyfriend happens to know how to show a MFP gal a good time.

Check out recipes by The Flying Apron. Amazing GF vegan baked goods! Also, the cravings place is a GF brand of products that has stellar chocolate chip cookies, so I bet their cake mix is good. As for "splurging" food is enjoyable and it's ok as a celebration. For my birthday every year I run a half marathon alone with my…

you have to view it as a part of your life. Not a challenge. You make time to brush your teeth and shave your legs, right? You can also make time to exercise. You can make time to cook a healthy meal. If you have kids, you can incorporate exercise into your family time. I hike with my kid. I surf with my kid. I rock…

what you pulled off between april and now is what I need to do next. I feel like i constantly struggle with how to do this last bit without cutting down to 1200 and cardio (I was 123 lbs at one point doing that!)

I know this isn't super helpful and insightful advice, but my advice is: Just do it. You're gonna be fine!

As a result of this thread, I have made some major changes to how I train. I only do the warm up and work sets of my 5/3/1 routine and I only do it twice a week (two main lifts each day) and use the same weights/reps as my last "bulk" cycle ...and on bench day I'll do pendlays just cuz. Then twice a week I do all of my…

Awesome. Would you mind sharing what your calorie goal is per day? Is it 1200 plus exercise calories, or more? EDIT: I saw it's 1750! Is that your BMR? I am trying to lose 5-10 lbs and then I want to try to maintain within that range doing bulks/cuts... sounds like what you do will be the best thing to stay in that range.…

FINALLY AN ANSWER!!!! thanks!

So that article you shared is great- I have read it before and was actually the reason I do my assistance work as metabolic training. I suppose I did miss the point that I should cut back the frequency of my heavy training- I guess I should consider cutting my heavy training days down to twice a week instead of four times…

The article you quote says: "But in this case, at least within the context of the primary goal of a diet (lose fat/maintain muscle), none of that matters. Put simply, if someone had to choose ONE type of weight training to perform on a diet, it would be heavy tension oriented training while letting the diet/cardio type…

That's awesome! My body doesn't seem to work like that. I tried to focus on raising ORMs and eating more- when I started my body fat was 19% now it's 23%. My goal is to be strong, but "strong" can also be a function of body weight- for example, I did pull ups no problem at 123 lbs. when I got up to 145, pull ups were a lot…

So there have been times when my assistance work would be done kind of like a WOD. I would pick three lifts, do about 50% ORM and pump out ten of each with no rests, then rest like 30 second and so my next set. I would do five sets total. I also would do bear complexes- is this what a bodybuilding routine looks like?

I don't see myself as doing a vlcd. My baseline goal is 1200, but with the amount of activity I do and give myself credit for, I usually end up around 1600-1800 a day. When my TDEE was calculated, it was based on the activity level I did while earning exercise calories. When I switched to eating based on TDEE, I ended up…

So you focus on hitting macros and add 500 calories for the session. Macros are an important topic- I only focus on protein and shoot for 112 grams a day. That's another reason I need to add calories into my day- as a vegetarian, getting that much protein on few calories is really hard.

I have heard HRMs will largely underestimate your calorie burn from lifting.

This is an entirely new concept to me. Maybe I'll work on lowering what "credit" I give myself for lifting. I have my daily goal set to 1200 plus exercise calories so I don't think I should eliminate credit for it all together. When I was doing TDEE -20%, I was set at 1700.

I'm not a body builder. I consider myself a power lifter. That being said, I didn't get on this kick to be fat. I want to find the balance where my work outs are still strong, but I'm losing fat. You know..... A "cut".... Because I was in a good place and I didn't maintain, I got fatter. And knowing how much I burn is…

I try to do HIIT, but usually I hit a wall where I can't maintain a good diet, lifting, and HIIT. I probably just need to eat less.

Oh wow. MFP will only give me 200 calories for an hour of lifting. Could that be right?? That doesn't make me want to keep lifting! Lol! I can burn that much running for 20 minutes!

Maybe I was eating at a surplus. My bum is bigger and it's not water retention. I also disagree with your assessment of reps for building mass. The best rep range for building muscle is 6-12, with moderate weight (ie. whatever weight you can only do 6-12 reps with).…

Mine def got bigger, and rounder. After losing 50 lbs, my rump was FLAT. Now it's round (see profile pic). Now, when i was at my lightest weight (123) before I started lifting, I was wearing size 4 pencil skirts. I can still wear those skirts now at 145, but they are a little snug on the rump. The waist fits though. I am…

That was a helpful link. Holy smokes!